Poverty Dispatch - April 13, 2009

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Today's Topics in the News:

• State Budget Cuts and Social Services
• People Living in Poverty - Louisiana
• Food Assistance Programs
• Joblessness and Unemployment
• Delays in Workers' Compensation and Disability Benefits
• Homelessness and Housing
• Economic Stimulus Spending
• Study: Obesity among Preschoolers

Today's Articles:

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State Budget Cuts and Social Services

States slashing social programs for vulnerable. Read Article
By Erik Eckholm, New York Times. April 11, 2009.
 

Proposed cuts may cost state $500 million. (ARIZONA) Read Article
By Casey Newton, Arizona Republic. April 10, 2009.
 

Less money, more demand for government aid. (ILLINOIS) Read Article
By Christopher Wills (Associated Press), Peoria Journal Star. April 12, 2009.
 

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People Living in Poverty - Louisiana

The cost of poverty. (LOUISIANA) Read Article
By Sarah Chacko, Baton Rouge Advocate. April 12, 2009.
 

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Food Assistance Programs

On the front lines of student hunger. (OREGON) Read Article
By David Sarasohn, The Oregonian. April 13, 2009.
 

Revised food-stamp plan in the works. (SAN DIEGO, CA) Read Article
By Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune. April 12, 2009.
 

Mobile food pantries help ease burden of those struggling in rural areas. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Pat Schneider, Capital Times. April 10, 2009.
 

Report: Ethanol raises cost of nutrition programs. Read Article
By Mary Clare Jalonick (Associated Press), Rochester Post-Bulletin. April 10, 2009.
 

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Joblessness and Unemployment

Longer unemployment for those 45 and older. Read Article
By Michael Luo, New York Times. April 12, 2009.
 

Many of the jobless get no unemployment benefits. Read Article
By Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA Today. April 9, 2009.
 

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Delays in Workers' Compensation and Disability Benefits

For injured workers, a costly legal swamp. Read Article
By N. R. Kleinfield and Steven Greenhouse, New York Times. March 30, 2009.
 

State cuts delay U.S. benefits, official says. Read Article
By Robert Pear, New York Times. April 12, 2009.
 

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Homelessness and Housing

With advocates' help, squatters call foreclosures home. Read Article
By John Leland, New York Times. April 9, 2009.
 

Number of homeless children in Florida increasing, advocates say. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Lisa J. Huriash, South Florida Sun-Sentinel. April 13, 2009.
 

A mixed picture for N.J., Pa. on homeless children. (PENNSYLVANIA) Read Article
By Rita Giordano, Philadelphia Inquirer. April 7, 2009.
 

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Economic Stimulus Spending

State eyes stimulus money to replace child care funds. (NORTH CAROLINA) Read Article
By Jordan Schrader, Asheville Citizen-Times. April 11, 2009.
 

Area gets funds for care of children. (WASHINGTON, D.C.) Read Article
By Chris L. Jenkins, Washington Post. April 10, 2009.
 

Families set to get child care aid. (MISSISSIPPI) Read Article
By Natalie Chandler, Clarion Ledger. April 10, 2009.
 

Stimulus funds to spread a wider net. (WISCONSIN) Read Article
By Guy Boulton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. April 11, 2009.
 

Stimulus aid being doled out, slowly. Read Article
By Alec MacGillis, Washington Post. April 10, 2009.
 

Federal stimulus cash pumped through Florida's budget. (FLORIDA) Read Article
By Marc Caputo, Miami Herald. April 10, 2009.
 

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Study: Obesity among Preschoolers

Among 4-year-olds, 1 in 5 is obese, study finds. Read Article
By Lindsey Tanner (Associated Press), Foster's Daily Democrat. April 9, 2009.
 

Just out of diapers and overweight. (Editorial) Read Article
Editorial, Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. April 8, 2009.
 

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